[meteorite-list] AD: Meteoroites and Books at Ebay

[Walter Branch]

Hola Doug,

Yea, I have it bad.
I want to see structure in M51 and I want NGC 457 to really look like ET 
(actually, it does in my 4.7 inch refractor).  And those so-called canals on 
Mars...

Spirit.  Opportunity.  Beagle-2.  I'm with you guys!
Well, maybe not Beagle-2.

Have you ever seen the video which David Krieg has produced for his 
Obsession scopes.  I viewed it and it started me down that slippery slope. 
Oh man...

On the other end of the spectrum, I looked through my first small refractor 
APO recently.  Have you ever looked through an APO refractor?  Oh man...

18?" 20?"  Just too big.
(for now, anyway, - he he)

Almost forgot:  "meteorites"

-Walter
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MexicoDoug" <MexicoDoug at aim.com>
To: "Walter Branch" <waltbranch at bellsouth.net>; "Meteorite List" 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Meteoroites and Books at Ebay


> "Please help me.  I have recently been diagnosed with a disease called
> "aperture fever"  in the astronomical community and I need a cure.  You 
> can
> help.  A 16 inch truss-tube Dobsonian telescope would effect a cure but I
> need to raise 2k."
>
> Walter, I really felt a little wave of fear starting as I read your email
> halfway through the first sentence.  Luckily, you're not in physical 
> danger
> so far.  Careful around some of us as you have a rampantly contagious
> condition.  I question your "cure" to these cravings.  Since when is 
> giving
> a junkie a two kilos of dough to see otherwise invisible stardust which 
> are
> just figments of others' imaginations?  You're just gonna get in deeper.
>
> Think an 18"er, but I bet you could figure out how to pack a 20" into your
> vehicle, though you better break out more of the collection and start 
> saving
> up for a trailer as this is where your disease leads once the symptoms are
> full-blown.  Many people do cure aperture fever with a diameter in the 
> 20's,
> though.  They break their backs and then discover the wonders of being 
> able
> to set up a 3.5 inchers with playful ease...good luck and clear skies!  I
> know two others on this list who are controlling as best as they can the
> "fever".
> Doug
>
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